Tag / Japanese
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Maruyama Okyo’s Fierce Tiger
The Society has had an lively and eventful week. On Monday 9 February, we were delighted to welcome Professor Agus Suwignyo from Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia. His lecture traced the evolution of…
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Japanese Studies, Ancient Buddhist Civilisation and Zoroastrianism—September Lectures Roundup
Since I wrote last week the Society has announced more details of the 2025-26 Lecture Series. We are now hosting three public lectures at the Society and online next month to kickstart…
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Henry Faulds and his Japanese Buddhist Albums
We have had a few sweltering days in the Reading Room this week, but thankfully the weather has cooled off significantly, so it is a great relief. While the Society’s lecture programme…
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The Papers of Johannes Rahder
Johannes Rahder (27 December 1898 — 3 March 1988) was born in Lubuk Begalung, now a district of Padang, Indonesia, where his father was governor of western Sumatra. He studied first in…
